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Green Thymes
You can read about local events, projects, workshops, grants and articles that have a sustainability or environmental flavour.
We hope you enjoy!
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Soil, Plant and Human Nutrition - FREE event
 Join us for our FREE monthly sustainability event program.
How does soil health affect our health?
What impact are modern farming systems having on us?
Steven Hoepfner (EarthRight and Wagtail Urban Farm) will talk about the way our ancestors obtained food and what happened to them and us when agriculture became the norm.
Discover how we can turn back the tide to start reclaiming our own health and that of the planet.
Find out what is happening in our local community gardens and where your nearest one is! Kate Tidswell (Environmental Projects Officer - City of Marion) will let you know how you can get involved in food gardening.
What: Soil, Health and Human Nutrition - how our food choices impact on the world around us (and within us!)
When: Wednesday 5 October, 6:45pm for a 7pm start
Where: Marion Cultural Centre
Cost: FREE
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Inspiring 7 week sustainability course
Want to save money on your power bills? Want to grow veggies/herbs?
Want to waste less and reuse more?
Do you know what you need to do, but need the time/resources/info or a little 'push' to make it happen?
Join a group of like minded people who will inspire you and motivate you to action. Hear from guest speakers who will share their sustainability journey.
Starts: Tuesday 18 October (runs every Tues evening for 7 weeks)
When: 6:45pm - 9pm
Where: Glenelg Community Centre, 4 Colley Terrace, Glenelg
Cost: $60 for the course ($30 for concession)
The
Living Smart program is brought to you by
Be Living Smart Inc. For more about
Living Smart courses visit
livingsmart.com.au
Hosted by City of Holdfast Bay and City of Marion and facilitated by Emma Sandery and Charmaine Thredgold.
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A-Z Recycling Guide
Hot off the press!
Take a look at our new A-Z Guide for more comprehensive information on what can go in each of the 3 bins at home. It is available for download and print on the City of Marion's
Three bin system webpage
For advice about other items that don't go in any household bins please refer to our tricky waste, e-waste and hazardous waste webpages for advice.
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Urban Biodiversity Rocks Forum
Hear from a range of biodiversity, plant, geology and reptile experts and visit some beautiful natural sites in the southern suburbs.
Speakers include:
- Assoc Prof David Paton
- Prof Chris Daniels
- Ann Prescott
- Mark Hutchinson
- Andrew Allanson
- Plus many more!
When: Friday 14 October - Sunday 16 October
Where: Cove Civic Centre, 1 Ragamuffin Drive, Hallett Cove
Cost: $125 for full forum or $50 per day
Visit the Friends of Parks website for more information or to register.
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Share and Swap Group
Dani and Veronique answered our call for community groups to share their story. Below is their story:
Our Share & Swap is a collection of twelve households who meet monthly to share and swap garden produce, gardening stories, and enjoy time together.
We formed over two years ago. This group was inspired by a similar collective from the Coromandel Valley who meet monthly, taking it in turns to host the swap.
Our organisation is through a coordinator who emails everyone at the start of the year with a calendar; members volunteer to host a month of their choosing. Each month the coordinator emails everyone to remind the group when and where the next get together will take place.
When we meet, there is a wonderful table for produce, plants, and seeds to swap. Goods are simply spread out on the table, and people select what they want and need. Another table is for the plates we bring to share for afternoon tea in the garden (weather permitting).
The Share & Swap works on a 'gift' model. There is no selling, trading or bartering; a 'swap' is not a 'trade'. For example, I want a couple of your lemons and you happen to need a dozen of my oranges - we swap. If you don't want oranges, I can still have your two lemons. Perhaps you will take home someone else's surplus walnuts today...or next month.
Our small group is as much a community get together as a way to share produce. We encourage people to talk to those in their area about forming new groups like this. Sharing with other gardeners in our immediate community is an enjoyable and meaningful activity which helps us to lower our carbon footprint and live more sustainably.
Source: Dani Austin and Veronique
Image: Veronique
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Seed Freedom Food Festival
Get inspired, gather information and share or swap stuff!
This festival is all about food, local food, growing your own food and the need to save seed.
$4 entry (kids free) will get you access to 20 FREE workshops and speakers, live music, kids activities, stalls, plus much more.
When: 10am - 4pm, Saturday 24 September
Where:1 Holland St, Adelaide ('The Market Shed' space)
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Nude Food Day
Take up the challenge and make your food nude!
Nude Food is food without excess packaging.
This reduces the amount of 'stuff' that needs to go in bins to be sent to landfill. Durable, reusable containers are a great way to bring food, as they may last from for year, providing long term cost savings and environmental benefits.
Or get handy and make your own beeswax wrap to cover or transport food. Check out
DIY beeswax wrap websites or go to a workshop near you (get connected to your local environmental networks!)
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Great value workshops - weaving, bushtucker
The Living Kaurna Cultral Centre are have a number of amazing, great value workshop. Find out more about Kaurna culture and enjoy this special place.
Workshops
- Learn to weave with the Southern Elders Weaving Group.
- Learn about the symbols in
Aboriginal Art and make your own masterpiece.
- Join the
Warriparinga Bushtucker, History and Music Workshop.
Cost: $11.25 per person for each workshop
When: See
Facebook for a number of dates.
FREE Kaurna language workshop with Dr Rob Amery
Tarntanyangga. Where is it? What does it mean? How do you say it?
Learn some basic expressions in Kaurna and find out your birth order name.
Dr Rob Amery (University of Adelaide) works closely with the Kaurna community on the maintenance and revival of the Kaurna language.
When: 6:30pm Thursday 29 September
Cost: FREE
Bookings:
email lkccrecp@marion.sa.gov.au or phone 8357 5900
Warriparinga Youth Event - Kumangka Paringa
(Youth Coming Together by the River)
Come and experience the natural environment in the local area
- cultural activities
- Bushtucker history and environment tour
- wetland tour
- Native plant tour
- macroinvertebrate testing
- BBQ lunch provided
When: 10am - 3pm, Friday 7 October and Thursday 13 October
RSVP:
email lkccrecp@marion.sa.gov.au or phone 8357 5900
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FREE films, magazines, plus much more!
Save paper....read on the screen.
All you need is your library barcode to set up a log in and off you go!
This can be accessed from most SA library websites.
Hop on a have a browse!
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Edible Gardens: a citizen science project
How much water, time and money go into your garden, and how much food do you actually produce?
Get involved in this Discovery Circle project (
University of SA) and measure your veggies, fruit, herbs and chooks with their help.
Community gardens can get involved too!
Researchers want to know more about urban agriculture and find out what methods best suit the results you are after.
Visit their project page to find out more
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More workshops, events and courses!
Visit
The Joinery website for a host of other exciting sustainability events.
Based in the City, The Joinery, is a hive of inspiring community activity
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